CHAPTER 249
TRAFFIC CONTROL AND HIGHWAY SAFETY

PART I
TRAFFIC CONTROL

Sec. 14-300. Crosswalks. Pedestrian-control signals. Regulation of pedestrians and motor vehicles at crosswalks. (a) The traffic authority shall have power to
designate, by appropriate devices or markers or by lines upon the surface of the highway,
such crosswalks and intersections as, in its opinion, constitute an especial danger to
pedestrians crossing the highway including, but not limited to, specially marked crosswalks in the vicinity of schools, which crosswalks shall have distinctive markings, in
accordance with the regulations of the State Traffic Commission, to denote use of such
crosswalks by school children; and may maintain suitable signs located at intervals
along highways, particularly where there are no sidewalks, directing pedestrians to walk
facing vehicular traffic.

(b) At any intersection where special pedestrian-control signals bearing the words
"Walk" or "Don't Walk" are placed, pedestrians may cross the highway only as indicated
by the signal. At any intersection where traffic is controlled by other traffic control
signals or by police officers, pedestrians shall not cross the highway against a red or
"Stop" signal and shall not cross at any place not a marked or unmarked crosswalk. A
pedestrian started or starting across the highway on a "Walk" signal or on any such
crosswalk on a green or "Go" signal shall have the right of way over all vehicles, including those making turns, until such pedestrian has reached the opposite curb or safety
zone.

(c) Except as provided in subsection (c) of section 14-300c, at any crosswalk marked
as provided in subsection (a) of this section or any unmarked crosswalk, provided such
crosswalks are not controlled by police officers or traffic control signals, each operator
of a vehicle shall grant the right-of-way, and slow or stop such vehicle if necessary to
so grant the right-of-way, to any pedestrian crossing the roadway within such crosswalk,
provided such pedestrian steps off the curb or into the crosswalk at the entrance to a
crosswalk or is within that half of the roadway upon which such operator of a vehicle
is traveling or such pedestrian steps off the curb or into the crosswalk at the entrance
to a crosswalk or is crossing the roadway within such crosswalk from that half of the
roadway upon which such operator is not traveling. No operator of a vehicle approaching
from the rear shall overtake and pass any vehicle the operator of which has stopped at
any crosswalk marked as provided in subsection (a) of this section or any unmarked
crosswalk to permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway. The operator of any vehicle
crossing a sidewalk shall yield the right-of-way to each pedestrian and all other traffic
upon such sidewalk. The operator of any motor vehicle who violates this section shall
be deemed to have committed an infraction and be fined ninety dollars.

(d) In any civil action arising under subsection (c) of this section or sections 14-300b to 14-300d, inclusive, the doctrine of negligence per se shall not apply.

History: 1967 act made special reference to specially marked crosswalks near schools in Subsec. (a); P.A. 78-309 added
Subsecs. (c) and (d); P.A. 94-189 amended Subsec. (c) by changing "yield" to "grant", making the section also applicable
to a pedestrian who "steps to the curb at the entrance to a crosswalk" and deleting the requirement that such pedestrian
should be "approaching at such a rate of speed or has approached so near to that half of the roadway upon which such
operator is traveling so as to be in reasonable danger of being struck by the vehicle of such operator", effective July 1,
1994; P.A. 00-196 made a technical change; P.A. 07-167 amended Subsec. (c) by replacing "steps to the curb" with "steps
off the curb or into the crosswalk", making infraction applicable to "The operator of any motor vehicle who violates this
section", rather than "A violation of this subsection", and specifying a fine of $90, effective July 1, 2007.